State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 2003 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 125,400 Ohio births in 2003 across 2,624 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Ohio more than they say America.

#84Kylee#154 nationally
#54Brooklyn#118 nationally
#66Lydia#127 nationally
#80Cheyenne#134 nationally
#82Gage#136 nationally
#85Jillian#135 nationally
#74Kennedy#122 nationally
#89Grant#137 nationally
#96Brady#142 nationally
#87Maxwell#132 nationally
#100Nevaeh#145 nationally
#73Madelyn#115 nationally

Girls

#1Emma1,180US #2
#2Madison1,020US #3
#3Emily1,009US #1
#4Olivia863US #5
#5Hannah851US #4
#6Abigail833US #6
#7Grace720US #13
#8Alexis714US #7
#9Elizabeth573US #9
#10Sarah548US #11
#11Taylor543US #19
#12Lauren525US #15
#13Alyssa509US #14
#14Samantha498US #10
#15Sydney493US #25
#16Morgan488US #29
#17Isabella461US #12
#18Chloe443US #24
#19Megan437US #30
#20Sophia427US #20
#21Kayla408US #16
#22Ashley394US #8
#23Hailey394US #26
#24Anna386US #21
#25Brianna386US #17
#26Paige382US #47
#27Haley369US #34
#28Rachel361US #28
#29Jenna355US #55
#30Kylie351US #52
#31Kaitlyn344US #32
#32Allison343US #46
#33Mackenzie326US #45
#34Brooke313US #43
#35Jessica297US #18
#36Julia294US #33
#37Ava292US #39
#38Natalie291US #23
#39Faith285US #50
#40Makayla283US #51
#41Savannah275US #41
#42Katherine268US #35
#43Lillian266US #76
#44Destiny258US #37
#45Victoria258US #22
#46Ella256US #44
#47Riley256US #72
#48Trinity254US #56
#49Autumn230US #75
#50Audrey229US #78
#51Katelyn227US #58
#52Kaylee227US #53
#53Madeline226US #61
#54Brooklyn225US #118
#55Gabrielle223US #66
#56Mia217US #36
#57Mary214US #59
#58Jasmine212US #27
#59Leah211US #81
#60Alexandra210US #38
#61Jordan206US #48
#62Rebecca206US #63
#63Zoe205US #57
#64Claire198US #92
#65Molly189US #99
#66Lydia186US #127
#67Maria180US #42
#68Erin178US #80
#69Courtney177US #103
#70Marissa171US #95
#71Nicole171US #40
#72Amanda166US #54
#73Madelyn165US #115
#74Kennedy164US #122
#75Caroline162US #68
#76Sierra159US #73
#77Shelby158US #94
#78Breanna157US #105
#79Avery152US #89
#80Cheyenne151US #134
#81Danielle149US #82
#82Sara149US #65
#83Bailey148US #98
#84Kylee148US #154
#85Jillian147US #135
#86Margaret142US #128
#87Alexandria141US #123
#88Jada141US #79
#89Lily141US #69
#90Angel140US #119
#91Alexa139US #67
#92Isabelle139US #110
#93Kelsey138US #130
#94Jennifer134US #31
#95Kathryn134US #117
#96Gabriella132US #77
#97Mariah132US #113
#98Katie128US #107
#99Amber126US #74
#100Nevaeh126US #145

Boys

#1Jacob1,484US #1
#2Andrew1,078US #5
#3Michael1,045US #2
#4Ethan992US #7
#5Joshua947US #3
#6Nicholas900US #12
#7Joseph898US #6
#8Tyler893US #15
#9Matthew864US #4
#10Zachary807US #20
#11Ryan801US #13
#12William781US #11
#13Logan778US #28
#14Alexander756US #16
#15Anthony725US #10
#16Dylan715US #19
#17Nathan710US #26
#18James708US #18
#19Samuel675US #23
#20Austin662US #33
#21Christopher646US #9
#22Benjamin639US #24
#23John621US #17
#24David601US #14
#25Brandon592US #21
#26Noah591US #31
#27Daniel575US #8
#28Caleb549US #34
#29Evan531US #44
#30Cameron520US #40
#31Hunter498US #41
#32Connor487US #43
#33Robert484US #35
#34Luke480US #46
#35Gavin477US #51
#36Justin470US #27
#37Elijah459US #37
#38Thomas454US #36
#39Kyle445US #53
#40Gabriel420US #29
#41Jordan416US #38
#42Mason414US #54
#43Jonathan401US #22
#44Aaron396US #50
#45Aidan396US #39
#46Adam394US #58
#47Jack381US #45
#48Isaiah371US #49
#49Owen367US #72
#50Charles366US #57
#51Christian355US #25
#52Jason341US #42
#53Dominic338US #81
#54Isaac336US #48
#55Ian334US #65
#56Nathaniel333US #63
#57Jackson304US #52
#58Blake296US #79
#59Cole289US #69
#60Seth285US #80
#61Chase282US #87
#62Hayden280US #84
#63Aiden273US #73
#64Colin264US #88
#65Devin262US #74
#66Eric259US #56
#67Bryce250US #103
#68Timothy250US #76
#69Alex249US #62
#70Kevin249US #32
#71Lucas246US #71
#72Brayden245US #110
#73Sean239US #61
#74Cody238US #78
#75Brian232US #59
#76Carson229US #89
#77Garrett220US #106
#78Jayden215US #75
#79Carter214US #102
#80Trevor209US #99
#81Ashton204US #101
#82Gage202US #136
#83Caden198US #113
#84Steven196US #70
#85Jaden194US #82
#86Dakota191US #126
#87Maxwell189US #132
#88Xavier188US #85
#89Grant184US #137
#90Kaden183US #121
#91Richard179US #86
#92Riley178US #104
#93Landon177US #97
#94Collin175US #133
#95Kaleb174US #118
#96Brady167US #142
#97Jared163US #107
#98Patrick158US #91
#99Wyatt158US #109
#100Mark153US #105

On the move since 2002

Rising

↑30Ava#37
↑29Ella#46
↑24Brooklyn#54
↑20Lillian#43
↑19Madelyn#73
↑17Kennedy#74
↑17Owen#49
↑16Audrey#50

Falling

↓32Sierra#76
↓22Jared#97
↓20Danielle#81
↓19Jordan#61
↓18Amanda#72
↓18Amber#99
↓18Patrick#98
↓15Christian#51

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2002 rankings.